﻿<metadata>
  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Lauren Saez, National Marine Fisheries Service, Natural Resource Management Specialist</origin>
        <origin>Mathew Dorsey , National Marine Fisheries Service, GIS Specialist</origin>
        <pubdate>20111027</pubdate>
        <title>Black Abalone Critical Habitat - NOAA [ds2666]</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat</onlink>
        <onlink>https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS</onlink>
        <onlink>https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2600_2699/ds2666.zip</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>This designation (October 27, 2011, 76 FR 66806) includes rocky intertidal and subtidal habitat along the California coast between the Del Mar Landing Ecological Reserve to the Palos Verdes Peninsula, as well as surrounding the Farallon Islands, Año Nuevo Island, San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island, Santa Cruz Island, Anacapa Island, Santa Barbara Island, and Santa Catalina Island. This designation includes rocky intertidal and subtidal habitats from the mean higher high water (MHHW) line to a depth of 6 meters (relative to the mean lower low water (MLLW) line), as well as the coastal marine waters above the rocky bottom in these areas.Areas excluded from the critical habitat designation or deemed ineligible for designation were clipped out of this data set. See the final rule (76 FR 66806) for descriptions of excluded and ineligible areas.</abstract>
      <purpose>These data represent the areas designated under the Endangered Species Act as critical habitat for black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).</purpose>
    </descript>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>As needed</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-123.514463</westbc>
        <eastbc>-118.160190</eastbc>
        <northbc>38.791168</northbc>
        <southbc>33.263447</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>black abalone, critical habitat, Endangered Species Act, ESA, Haliotis cracherodii</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
        <themekey>boundaries</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
        <themekey>oceans</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>California</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>This data set is meant as a general locational reference and is not the official definition. See 50 CFR 226.221 for the legal definition of black abalone critical habitat.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region</cntorg>
          <cntper>Shanna Dunn</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>GIS Analyst</cntpos>
        <cntvoice>503-231-2135</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>shanna.dunn@noaa.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region</cntorg>
          <cntper>Shanna Dunn</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>GIS Analyst</cntpos>
        <cntvoice>503-231-2135</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>shanna.dunn@noaa.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West Coast Region</datacred>
    <native> Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270</native>
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  <dataqual>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Source data converted to NMFS ESA critical habitat national standard 2020. Geometry was not edited, attributes were edited.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20200505</procdate>
        <proccont>
          <cntinfo>
            <cntorgp>
              <cntorg>National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region</cntorg>
              <cntper>Shanna Dunn</cntper>
            </cntorgp>
            <cntpos>GIS Analyst</cntpos>
            <cntvoice>503-231-2135</cntvoice>
            <cntemail>shanna.dunn@noaa.gov</cntemail>
          </cntinfo>
        </proccont>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>GT-polygon composed of chains</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>16</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <mapproj>
          <mapprojn>NAD 1983 California Teale Albers</mapprojn>
          <albers>
            <stdparll>34.0</stdparll>
            <stdparll>40.5</stdparll>
            <longcm>-120.0</longcm>
            <latprjo>0.0</latprjo>
            <feast>0.0</feast>
            <fnorth>-4000000.0</fnorth>
          </albers>
        </mapproj>
        <planci>
          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.0001</absres>
            <ordres>0.0001</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>meter</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>D North American 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>GRS 1980</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.0</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222101</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
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  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>ds2666</enttypl>
        <enttypd>A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type.</enttypd>
        <enttypds>Esri</enttypds>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase.
Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SCIENAME</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Binomial or trinomial scientific name.

Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>COMNAME</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Legal common name of species. 

Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>LISTENTITY</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). 

Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations.
*Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>LISTSTATUS</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Current Endangered Species Act listing status.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Endangered</edomv>
            <edomvd>Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Endangered Species Act of 1973</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Threatened</edomv>
            <edomvd>Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Endangered Species Act of 1973</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Delisted</edomv>
            <edomvd>Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Endangered Species Act of 1973</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>CHSTATUS</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Status of the critical habitat designation.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Final</edomv>
            <edomvd>A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Federal Register</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Proposed</edomv>
            <edomvd>A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Federal Register</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>UNIT</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Critical habitat unit name.
Null if designation did not specify units or unit names.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>TAXON</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Taxonomic unit.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>baleen whale</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>toothed whale</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>fish</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>pinniped</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>marine reptile</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>invertebrate</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any animal that lacks a spinal column.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>plant</edomv>
            <edomvd>Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>Merriam-Webster dictionary</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>LEADOFFICE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Office of Protected Resources</edomv>
            <edomvd>Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Alaska Region</edomv>
            <edomvd>Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>West Coast Region</edomv>
            <edomvd>Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Greater Atlantic Region</edomv>
            <edomvd>Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Southeast Region</edomv>
            <edomvd>Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Pacific Islands Region</edomv>
            <edomvd>Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>National Marine Fisheries Service</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Federal Register Rule citation for the critical habitat designation (final rule or proposed rule).

Volume #, FR, Page Number (Example: 79 FR 39855)</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PUBDATE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Federal Register Notice publication date. 

MM/DD/YYYY format</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>EFFECTDATE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat.

MM/DD/YYYY format
</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>AREASqKm</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>CREATEDATE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited.

MM/DD/YYYY format</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NOTES</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>INPORTURL</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature class metadata URL. 

InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: 
https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE_Length</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SHAPE_Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>HABTYPE</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Type of habitat.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ECFR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Link to designated critical habitat regulatory text and maps published in the eCFR.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Marine Fisheries Service</attrdefs>
      </attr>
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    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region</cntorg>
          <cntper>Shanna Dunn</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>GIS Analyst</cntpos>
        <cntvoice>503-231-2135</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>shanna.dunn@noaa.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <mettc>local time</mettc>
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